Women’s national basketball team set for Centrobasket

THE Bahamas Basketball Federation women’s national team will be competing at the Centrobasket Tournament in Havana, Cuba, this week.

Team Bahamas will play their opening game on Wednesday against Cuba.

Following that game, the Bahamas will face the Dominican Republic at 5pm on Thursday and Jamaica at the same time on Friday.

The playoffs are scheduled to take place on Saturday and Sunday, July 16-17.

Donillo ‘Donnie’ Culmer, assisted by Deven Johnson and Di’Asti Delancy, will coach the team.

The team manager is Anastacia Sands-Moultrie and the trainer is Sasha Ferguson.

• Here’s a brief

profile of the players

selected to the team:

Philicia Kelly – 32-year-old 5-9 shooting guard.
Roberta Quant – six-foot forward. Graduate of St Augustine’s College and an attorney-at-law/ engineer.
Valerie Nesbitt – 23-year-old 5-foot, 6 ½-inches point guard.

Three-time national team member, having played in 2007 and 2021. Currently a pro hooper.

Graduate of CR Walker and Henderson Community College.

Graduate of Francis University and is currently an entrepreneur and investor.

Karolyn Baptiste – 19-year-old 5-foot, 4-inch guard. Currently attends the University of Maine where she is studying kinesiology.
Antonicia Moultrie – 16-year-old 5-foot, 10-inch shooting guard. Currently attends St Augustine’s College and one day aspires to become a pilot.
Britenique Harrison – 29-year-old 6-foot, 3-inch forward/centre. 2010 graduate of St Augustine’s College and 2015 graduate of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. Banker by profession.
La’Tavia Brennen – 22-year-old 5-foot, 11-inch power forward/ centre. Student of St Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina, who hopes to become a physical therapist.
Denika Lightbourne – 17-year-old 5-foot, 8-inch point/shooting guard.

Currently attends Tallulah Falls School and hopes to eventually become a computer technician.

The Tribune